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How can we move the lever toward a healthier, more just materials economy? Join ILFI’s next member webinar featuring practitioners and advocates sharing their transformative insights about materials selection, equity in the materials economy, and how we leverage technology for accelerating positive change. This roundtable conversation will explore a bold vision for advancing the regenerative…

What role can our sites, landscapes, and infrastructure projects play in reducing emissions while increasing sequestration, and can these projects sequester more carbon than they emit? How can new tools and knowledge help inform site and building decisions throughout a project’s design phases? When ILFI debuted the Zero Carbon Certification, it was the first of…

Explore lessons learned with a special discussion between ILFI’s Just team and leaders at Steinberg Hart For over 70 years, architecture and planning organization Steinberg Hart has been shaping environments and creating inspiring places through an idea driven, results-oriented approach to design. Join our next member event for a fireside chat between Charles Espedido, Just…

Ready for some fresh examples of what good looks like? Join us for our most LBC info-dense member event of the year. In this 3-part series, we’re exploring seven case studies, each exemplifying one of the Living Building Challenge Petals. You’ll hear from the project teams themselves and discover how these vastly different projects broke…

We know that decisions on building materials and systems have a significant impact on a building’s overall emissions, but how do these decisions weigh against factors like cost, schedule, and aesthetics? Join our next member webinar for a discussion with our partners at DPR Construction to dive into the findings of their recent study comparing…

Join ILFI as we explore the monumental tasks of designing, constructing, and operating a regenerative Living Building in the harsh yet beautiful alpine tundra environment at Pikes Peak, Colorado. ​Our expert panel of project team members will provide an insider’s perspective on the Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center, the highest-elevation project to pursue the Living…

Contractors are just beginning to track the emissions from their job sites, and many are finding much bigger impacts than presumed. BuildingGreen’s reporting cites estimates upwards of 20% of a project’s total embodied carbon. In some cases, that means construction choices may have a climate impact on par with choosing mass timber or low-carbon concrete. …

Join the visionary project team behind the Yale Divinity School’s Living Village in New Haven, Connecticut, as they discuss the strategies, triumphs, and challenges that informed this first-of-its-kind project. In response to the ongoing climate crisis, Yale Divinity School is constructing a regenerative student residential complex—the Living Village. The Living Village dares to answer one…